. Transactions and journal of proceedings . eward Islands. Hemarried, at wSt. Georges, Hanover Square, London, onMarch 30th, 1758, Frances, only surviving- daughter andheiress of Abraham Payne^ of St. Kitts, by whom he hadfour sons and three daughters. His wifes mother was 1 Much of my information has been obtained from a copy ofMaria Riddells MS. diary and other papers, made by Mr StephenWheeler at the request of her grandson, the late Dr de Noe Walker;this copy is now (1914) in my possession. The copyist informs methat the diary was much mutilated, and that those pages whichwould probably no
. Transactions and journal of proceedings . eward Islands. Hemarried, at wSt. Georges, Hanover Square, London, onMarch 30th, 1758, Frances, only surviving- daughter andheiress of Abraham Payne^ of St. Kitts, by whom he hadfour sons and three daughters. His wifes mother was 1 Much of my information has been obtained from a copy ofMaria Riddells MS. diary and other papers, made by Mr StephenWheeler at the request of her grandson, the late Dr de Noe Walker;this copy is now (1914) in my possession. The copyist informs methat the diary was much mutilated, and that those pages whichwould probably now have been the most interesting had been tornout; the present whereabouts of Maria Riddells MSS. are unknown. 2 For a Pedigree of the Woodley Family see The History of theIsland of Antigua; by Vere Langford Oliver, vol. iii. (1899), (See also Notes 7 and 41.) 3 The History of the Island of Antigua (Vere Langford Oliver),vol. iii. (1899), p. 256. For a pedigree of the Payne Family seetorn, cit., pp. 8-13. See also Footnote Makia Riddkll. From a portrait liy, or after, Sir Thomas Lawrence InNational Burns Memorial Museum, Maueliline. Maria Riddell, the Friend of Burns. 17 Frances Payne,^^ first cousin to Sir Ralph Payne, who wasalso at one time Governor of ihe Leeward Islands, and whoon October ist, 1795, was created Lord Lavington. Of himone may read in old books of travel that when residini^- onhis estate in the West Indies he was a great stickler fcjretiquette and a firm upholder of distinctions of rank antlcolour. He would never take a letter or parcel from thehands either of negro or half-bred ; a pair of golden tongsbeing used for ihe better protection of his nobility. Hisfamily, for many years settled in Jersey, claimed descentfrom the Plantagenets, and he was justly vain of his black servants were never allowed lo wear shoes orstockings, and when he drove abroad in state the calves ofthe footmen behind his carriage, nicely polished with butt
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